Economy Watch

China's exports tumble but imports hang in.Eyes on domestic Chinese demand. Covid-19 spreads faster outside China. Australia retail suffering. US consumer debt growth slows. US jobs growth strong. Fed struggles with market liquidity.

American mortgage rates tumble. US factory orders fall. Tech industry job cuts jump. Equity markets fall sharply. WHO warns on lack of sufficient coronavirus response. Aussie GDP takes hit. Gold jumps.

Equity markets yo-yo on emotion. Aircargo and shipping decline sharply. US jobs still growing but just in two sectors. Canada cuts. China restart in question. Huge stimulus expected in Australia.

The US Fed cust its benchmark rate by -50 bps. Stocks tumble, UST yields drop. Gold rises. Dairy prices resilient. Aussie building consents dive. Bitcoin falls

Equity markets rebound in partial recovery. New factory orders fall worldwide. The OECD downgrades growth. The IMF and World Bank offer aid. Markets expect central bank bailouts.

China's economy freezes, with severe knock-on impacts. Covid-19 spreading fast. Wall Street running scared. US Fed says it will act. Gold dives, Oil prices sink. Bitcoin lower

The WHO edges closer to a 'pandemic' declaration. Wall Street extends its losses. US economic data mixed. China struggles to get SMEs back to work. Aussie capex very weak. Gold up.

Hong Kong and China try two different approaches to deal with economic impacts of the virus panic. Japan nears recession. Equity markets ponder next direction. Bitcoin falls sharply.

Wall Street's retreat in face of Covid-19 threats deepens. US consumer data upbeat, factory data downbeat. Hong Kong faces negative equity. IEA reports flat CO2 emissions. Bitcoin falls.

Equity markets drop hard. Domestic US data modestly positive. Coronavirus fears jump and investors fear the impact on world trade. Oil prices drop sharply. Gold jumps.